When explaining how the control rods of RBMK-1000 were fully retracted, doesn't the term 'graphite tip' mislead people to think the graphite portion of the control rod was also extracted (when in
![Interesting as fuck: The graphite "tips" of the RBMK boron rods are actually 4.7m long. Here is how it works and why the graphite tips where there in the first place. : Interesting as fuck: The graphite "tips" of the RBMK boron rods are actually 4.7m long. Here is how it works and why the graphite tips where there in the first place. :](https://i.imgur.com/sG3qjna.png)
Interesting as fuck: The graphite "tips" of the RBMK boron rods are actually 4.7m long. Here is how it works and why the graphite tips where there in the first place. :
![Cross-sectional view of (a) one graphite stack column and fuel channel... | Download Scientific Diagram Cross-sectional view of (a) one graphite stack column and fuel channel... | Download Scientific Diagram](https://www.researchgate.net/publication/317530929/figure/fig1/AS:504091463303168@1497196178075/Cross-sectional-view-of-a-one-graphite-stack-column-and-fuel-channel-of-RBMK1500.png)
Cross-sectional view of (a) one graphite stack column and fuel channel... | Download Scientific Diagram
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nuclear physics - How exactly did lowering of the graphite parts of the control rods on Chernobyl's RBMK reactor result in reactivity surge? - Physics Stack Exchange
![I keep seeing people ask about the graphite control rod "tips". I created this album to explain the fundamentals of reactor operation, why the control rods had graphite tips, and how the I keep seeing people ask about the graphite control rod "tips". I created this album to explain the fundamentals of reactor operation, why the control rods had graphite tips, and how the](https://external-preview.redd.it/_ygEaGWow22JDIsWbfbGep-MRE-r1N0gDGl-wYo2fAk.jpg?width=640&crop=smart&auto=webp&s=cc32784454eff035745a69602a1f0dec12ec3c97)
I keep seeing people ask about the graphite control rod "tips". I created this album to explain the fundamentals of reactor operation, why the control rods had graphite tips, and how the
Chernobyl HBO series claims RBMK reactors had negative heat coefficient. If true, how is that achieved in a graphite-moderated reactor? - Quora
![I keep seeing people ask about the graphite control rod "tips". I created this album to explain the fundamentals of reactor operation, why the control rods had graphite tips, and how the I keep seeing people ask about the graphite control rod "tips". I created this album to explain the fundamentals of reactor operation, why the control rods had graphite tips, and how the](https://external-preview.redd.it/_ygEaGWow22JDIsWbfbGep-MRE-r1N0gDGl-wYo2fAk.jpg?auto=webp&s=fe8a26ab7bdd93954ebc8a53e76cbba2aeb88f4f)